CNN: Guns plentiful Violence soars

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/16/phi...des/index.html
In Philadelphia, police and civic activists point to several factors, including poverty and drugs. But by far the biggest catalyst, ...

"In Philadelphia, police and civic activists point to several factors, including poverty and drugs. But by far the biggest catalyst, they say, is the availability of guns."

It's almost as if the implication is that these people are having their lives destroyed by being mired in poverty and using drugs--but that's okay. The thing that mainly causes this to be a bad situation is guns--if the guns weren't available, it wouldn't be so bad that lives were being destroyed.

The headline really should be: "Violence soars. Gun sales and use keeps pace." That's about all that can be said. To imply a causal relationship based on fears and conjecture is bad reporting at best, lies and deceit most likely, and inciting crimes against the Constitution at worst. If only such crimes were understood to be at least as deadly as anything else, at least in the long run.